Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Dahriya

About

Also CalledAd Dhahiriya, Adh Dhahiriya, Tell el Dhahiriyeh, Zahariyeh
Latitude, Longitude31.407622, 34.972300
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)147374/090650
Typesettlement
Point Precisionpoint in modern settlement
Coordinates Sources
General Location Notes
  • Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Goshen), International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979) (Goshen), Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003) (Goshen): “12 miles southwest of Hebron
  • New Bible Dictionary (1996) (Goshen): “19 km southwest of Hebron
Precise Coordinates NotesOxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007) (Goshen) and Boling, Joshua (1982) call this place ed-Dahariyeh; also Believer’s Bible Commentary, 1st Edition (2008); Greenberg and Keinan, Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank, 1967-2007 (2009) places an archaeological site at 1473/0908; a separate tell here doesn’t appear on maps, so I’m using the modern settlement
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

Biblical places associated with Dahriya

Image

historical cityscape of Dahriya
Credit: Rami Atwan (modified)